the substitution of wonen's for men's anomiks. They asked for both to be put under control and Industries 1 Division termed to this under pressure from C.R.E.I. The combined restraint level was put at 775,000 pieces.
3. Industries 1 do not believe that the Swades have produced any evidence of injury to the domestic industry. They found it hard to believe that Swedish men economise by wearing women's anoraks: if there has been substitution, it must have simply been an evasion of contrel by misdescription on the invoice. But the increase in Swedish production of women's aroraks in 1968 was not all that much less thar. the increase in imports ani the Swedish case for extending the control would look weaker still if it was a fact that a lot of these imports were not women's anoraks at all. Moreover, 1968 production of men's anoraks was still marginally higher than in 1966 and very considerably higher then in 1965. The combined total was 10 per cent down on 1967 and 20 per cent above 196.
The Swedish cage en injury would look better if cotton aurraks were to be included. Production would then be shown to have fallen to between the 1965 and 1966 level. The Sweles have never argued the case on the basis, possibly for two reasons: that when they first raised the issue the ratio of imports to domestic production could have Appeared less favourable thar it does now, and that in 1960, Portugel was overtaking Hong Kong as principal suprlier.
5. There are two questiors which have to be send, The first is whether imports have caused material injury to the domestie industry. The second is whether inports from Hene Kone are res^onsible. The answer to the first question is probably that inmorts have taken ver the bottom end of the small market, which existed before a mass-marke L Car coats and the short mini-nylor. incket which the largest ~wedish importer was quoted by the Daily News Record on 71st May, 1968. In this connection, it is at saying was p-rt of "the costume of today's youtṛ". simificent that Swedish exports have increased from ?,000 pieces in 1965 to 379,000 ir 196, nearly all the recent incrwise being synthetic. The answer to the second question is that imports from countries other than Hong Kong have risen from 243,000 in 1955 to 950,000 in 168. Portugan is now the largest in the case of cotton anoraks and her trade in synthetics also trok a big leap forward in that year.
5. Imports in the first two months of 1969 fell very slightly, combining a. large reduction in cotton with a big increase in synthetic. Pong Kong's shara increased.
7. The Swedish prorosal is to extend the coverape of the quote for 1969/70 to cover women's discontinuous synthetic anoraks in addition to the items brought under control in February of this year. In spite of this they want to reduce the · quota from 795,000 to 450,000 (leces. This last figure is 11,000 higher than Dwedish imports in 1968. The 795,000 mas presumibly based on export authorisations
The 450,000 outstanding at the time woren's anoraks were brought under control. compares with imports of 138,000 pinces in the first two months of this year: and it takes no accout of the fact that trade in cotton anoraks has fallen (by 22,000 in the first two months of this year).
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